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darx202 Mar 22, 2015 @ 9:02am
I'm starting a second character as a different faction
It's really strange. I've been playing NC for about a year and a half now, and i'm just now starting a vanu character. I keep friendly firing the vanu while ignoring the enemy NC.

Any tips?
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temet nosce Mar 22, 2015 @ 9:30am 
go in a tank, it helps with trainng yourself to differentiate friend from foe
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Zee_ Mar 22, 2015 @ 9:35am 
Originally posted by iacton_qruze:
go in a tank, it helps with trainng yourself to differentiate friend from foe

Or leads to a quick weapons lock as you constantly run down and shoot masses of friendly infantry. :NC: Either way it will be a learning experience.

Another thing you can try is changing the color of allies nameplates and minimap colors. Make them bright yellow or some other color that really stands out for awhile, so you'll remember not to shoot them. After a little while you should be able to change your settings back to normal.
Last edited by Zee_; Mar 22, 2015 @ 9:35am
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temet nosce Mar 22, 2015 @ 9:40am 
ahaa, that must have been what happened against me a few times

also, it is a good idea to learn to mash spot[provided you don't give yourself away too much] when encountering "enemy"

this helps to alert people nearby[yeah, sometimes enemy if you do it wrong like i have, "hey u gaiz!!] if you do fall to the enemy
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Mexiguy Mar 22, 2015 @ 9:51am 
Make sure you are using at least half your bullets on friendlies, otherwise you are playing NC wrong.
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Ishan451 Mar 22, 2015 @ 10:02am 
Originally posted by darx202:
Any tips?

Changing back and forth between the two factions is what helps me the most, when i fall into that mindset. It breaks the conditioning for me, because each time i change for the first 10 or so minutes i am extra careful, and if i switch at that point, i feel like i am breaking out of the habbit because my brain can't get used to it.
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Dmitry Chernov Mar 22, 2015 @ 1:16pm 
DO SHOOT VANU, DO NOT SHOOT NC
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HappyStuffing Mar 22, 2015 @ 3:03pm 
OP, you aren't alone. I know the feeling. Hard not shoot colors you are used to seeing as friendly. Lots of angy TK's when I switched myself. Just apologize and move on...
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A7roboBOT Mar 22, 2015 @ 8:01pm 
Also, be very careful with the Orion. I have been teamkilled with that gun more than with all other guns combined.
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Crest Mar 22, 2015 @ 8:29pm 
This happened the first times i was chaning factions, now i'm used to change characters.
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temet nosce Mar 23, 2015 @ 5:38am 
OP maybe you have a natural tenacity to shoot vanu- i know, i get it too

perhaps to try tr? chaingun is chaingun
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darx202 Mar 23, 2015 @ 6:52am 
I'm happy to know that I'm not the only one that finds it hard to switch characters. I'll try a few of the tips suggested.
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That Drunk Fellow Mar 23, 2015 @ 11:45am 
Yeah I know the problem man, I played TR first and shifted over to NC, for a while I went into the options and changed the name above TR's head when spotted to blue, cause my brain had come to associate blue with "Enemy".
This slowly trained my brain to connect the red armors of TR as enemy.
Eventually I changed back to standard colours cause these days I look more at the helmet and armor type, than I do the camo and name.

Another option is just to make both NC and TR have red names in your case, then you brain should slowly start associating NC with "Enemy".
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